tourbe

See also: tourbé

French

Etymology

From Middle French tourbe, from Old French tourbe, from Frankish *turb, from Proto-Germanic *turbz (turf), from Proto-Indo-European *dorbʰós (tuft, lawn). Cognate with Old High German zurba (turf), English turf.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuʁb/
  • (file)

Noun

tourbe f (plural tourbes)

  1. peat (soil)
  2. mob, rabble

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Galician: turba
  • Italian: torba
  • Romanian: turbă
  • Spanish: turba
  • Turkish: turba

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